Fight for the Tempelhofer Feld: Scholz demands development despite the referendum!

Fight for the Tempelhofer Feld: Scholz demands development despite the referendum!

The controversy around the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin pick up speed again! Where Berliners normally jog, skate and fresh air, there is a risk of a new debate about the development of the former airport. Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently spoke out in the Bundestag and urged to build the Tempelhofer Feld in order to counteract the housing emergency in Germany. He explained that without the creation of new living space, especially in sought-after cities such as Berlin, the problems on the housing market could not be solved, so berlin-live.de .

These statements come in a context in which a referendum from 2014 has already significantly restricted the development of the site. In this referendum, organized by the citizens' initiative "100 % Tempelhofer Feld", it was decided to keep the extensive area permanently as inner -city freedom. At that time, over 739,000 Berliners voted for the preservation of Tempelhofer Feld, which challenged the strongly controversial plans of the Senate, which has been advocating for a long time. These political tensions are the background for the renewed revival of the discussion, as wikipedia.de reported.

The Federal Government and the Berlin Senate seem unimpressed by the opposite opinions of the population and the legal hurdles that the referendum has drawn up. While the ideas competition for the future use of the Tempelhofer Feld mobilized many critics, there are now serious doubts as to whether the will of the citizens is respected. The discussion about the development and the associated potential changes in the square will continue to play a central role in the political agenda of Berlin and excite the minds of the Berliners.